[Zack sets free a bark of quick, sour laughter, quickly stifled into a sigh.]

Yeah, probably. And y'can't even say they got the job done by being all evil and inhumane about everything. All their projects went to hell and nobody came out on top.

[Even they, who were inarguably the only ones who could stand on the moral high ground, ended up either dead or supremely fucked up. Not exactly a victory.]

I did meet a guy who'd gotten out of ShinRa R&D and was trying to atone for everything, one time. Been so long I forgot about him. I didn't think "remorse" even existed in their vocab until I talked to him.